Scientific Name	Polydactylus sexfilis   Pronounce			by: Yi-Lang Jheng
Author	(Valenciennes, 1831)	Depth	20 - 50M
Chinese	六絲多指馬鮁	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	馬鮁科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F380　Polynemidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	六絲多指馬鮁
Max Length	61 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	六絲馬鮁、午仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius
Synonyms	Filimanus xanthonema, Polyactylus sexfilis, Polydactylus kuru, Polynemus kurru, Polynemus kuru, Polynemus sexfilis, Polynemus sexfills, Polynemus sexifilis
Reference	Shen(1994)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1831 Hiroyuki Motomura, Andi Iqbal Burhanuddin etc. 2000 Motomura, H. etc. 2001 Hiroyuki Motomura etc. 2002
Specimen List	AMNH90084. NMMBP00787. NMMBP01315. NMMSTP00352. NTUM02008. NTUM02331. NTUM04422. NTUM06193. NTUM06211. NTUM06840. NTUM08131. NTUM08133. NTUM08138. NTUM08160. ROM71778. RUSI35621.
Common Name	Sixfeeler threadfin; Pacific thread-fin fish; Sixfinger threadfin; Six-fingered threadfin; Moi threadfin; Golden sixthread tesselfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Mediumsized to large species. Eye diameter greater than snout length. Snout moderately conical; tooth patch on vomer a wide “v” shape changing to a rounded triangle; premaxillary, dentary, palatine and ectopterygoid tooth patches all wide; width of band of teeth on premaxillae less than 2 times in space separating band of teeth on one premaxilla from other; postorbital length less than distance from anterior of snout to posterior margin of preopercle, postorbital length less than or equal to 3/4 of body depth at second dorsal-fin origin. Gill rakers on first gill arch 27 to 32. First dorsal fin with VIII spines; second dorsal fin with I spine and 11 to 13 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 9 to 12 soft rays; anal-fin base about equal to second dorsal-fin base; caudal-peduncle length greater than length of anal-fin base; pectoral fins with 14 to 17 simple rays, the fins insert low on body, reaching to middle of pelvic fins or 3/4 of their length; 6 pectoral filaments, fifth filament, from ventralmost, the longest, extending to 3/4 of pelvic fins or past origin of anal fin. Lateral-line scales 58 to 70. Body brown or dark olive dorsally, becoming lighter ventrally, adults with about 7 dark olive brown longitudinal lines above lateral line and about 10 below lateral line which are more faintly developed; sometimes reddish towards mouth and nose; dorsal, anal, caudal, and pectoral fins are grey or black distally.
habitats	This schooling species occurs along sandy and rocky shorelines and over sandy lagoon bottoms, often in zones of turbulence. Often encountered in river mouths or brackish mangrove estuaries. Feeds mainly on crustaceans (shrimps and crabs), polychaete worms
Distribution	Widespread in the Indo-Pacific feom Mauritius, Seychelles, Kenya and many islands of the northern Indian Ocean. Indonesia north through the Philippines, Ryukyu Islands to Ogasawara and Yaeyama Islands east through the islands of the Pacific to the Hawaiia
Utility	Marketed fresh.